Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Dia namaly Joba ka nanao hoe:
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
Mbola atao ho fikomianao ihany ny fitarainako; Ny tanana mamely ahy dia mitambesatra amin’ ny fisentoako.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Enga anie ka ho fantatro izay hahitako Azy ka ho tonga any amin’ ny fitoerany aza!
4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Dia handahatra ny teniko eo anatrehany aho. Ka hofenoiko ny teny alahatro ny vavako;
5 I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Ary hahalala izay teny havaliny ahy aho sy hamantatra izay holazainy amiko.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
Hery lehibe va no handaharany teny amiko? Tsia, fa Izy indrindra no hihaino ahy
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
Fa amin’ izany dia olona marina no ho nifandahatra taminy; Ka dia ho nanan-drariny mihitsy aho tamin’ ny Mpitsara ahy.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
Indro, miantsinanana aho, fa tsy any Izy; Ary miankandrefana aho, fa tsy hitako Izy;
9 To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
Mianavaratra amin’ izay iasany aho, fa tsy tazako Izy; Mivily any atsimo Izy, ka tsy hitako.
10 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Fa mahalala ny lalana falehako Izy; Raha hizahany toetra aho, dia hivoaka tahaka ny volamena.
11 My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Ny tongotro nifikitra tamin’ ny lalany; Eny, ny lalany no nizorako tsara, ka tsy nivily aho.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
Ny didin’ ny molony tsy mba nialako; Ny tenin’ ny vavany noraketiko mihoatra noho ny faniriako.
13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
Nefa tsy miova saina Izy, iza no mahasakana Azy? Fa na inona na inona irin’ ny fanahiny dia ataony.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Eny, manatanteraka izay voatendry ho ahy Izy; Ary zavatra maro toy izany no ao aminy;
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Roa Izany no mampangovitra ahy eo anatrehany; Raha misaintsaina izany aho, dia matahotra Azy.
16 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Fa Andriamanitra no mandrerakany foko, ary ny Tsitoha no mampangovitra ahy;
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Fa tsy ny fahamaizinana no maharesy ahy, na ny maizim-pito izay manarona ny tavako.
